Dumping-rack.



J. B. BUSHNELL.

DUMPING RACK* APPLIGATION FILED MAR.11,1909.

Paillted June 13, 1911 4 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

J. B.. BUSHNELL.

DUMPING RACK.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 11, 1909.

@ga Patented June 13, 1911.

15 M 4 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

J. B. BUSHNELL.

VDUILTPING RACK.

APPLICATION FILED M1141, 1909.

Patented' June 13, 1911.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

J. B. BUSHNELL. n

DUMPING RACK.

APPLIUATION FILED 1111.11.11, 1909.

Patented June 13,1911.

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JOHN B. EUSHNELL, OF MINNEAQPQLI MINNESQT.

DUMPING-RAK Specification of Letters iraient. lPatnt- June 13, 1911.

` `\Applioationfiled March 11, 1905!. Serial No. 482,735.

Racks; and Il do hereby declare the follow ing to be a full, clear, and exact'description of the invention, such as will enable. others skilledlin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. l My invention has for its object to provide an improved dumping rack, and to this end, it consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and dened in the clainisl Especnlly this invention has for its object to provide a simple, eificient and easily oper ated dumping rack for handling loose grain and hay; but itis capable of use Gene-rally as a dumping rack, the term racc being herein used in a broad sense to include any kind of a vehicle bodyo-receptaele.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, like characters ind icate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a` plan view with some parts broken away, showing the improved rack and coperating devices applied to an ordinary wagonlrunningr gear; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the partsA shown in Fig. l, some parts being broken away; Fig. 3 is a section on the line ma ma of Fig. l; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the pole structure, showing the same in normal position; Fig. 5 is a view corresponding' to Fig. 4, but showing the supplemental section of the pole drawn forward; and Fig. 6 is a plan view of theparts shown in Fig. 5.

Of the parts of the running gear, the numeral 1 indicates the wheels, the numeral 2 the rear axle, the numeral 3 the rear bolster, the numeral l the front axle, the nu- 5 meral 5 the front bolster, the numeral 6 the front hound, the numeral 7 the reach and the numeral 8 the pole.

The dumping rack 9 is intermediatelyl mounted for dumping movements .directly on the rear bolster 3, and the longitudinally extended bottom beams 9l thereof are shown as provided with stop brackets 10 that engage the front face of the said rear bolster 3 and prevent the rack from sliding rearward when it is moved into its dumping position, indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The

' front ends of the .beams 9 project in front of the front bolster 5 and,.as shown, are tied together b a cross bar il, while the body portion o front end slightly at the rear of the front bolster.- The front portions of the rack beams 9 normally rest directly upon the transverse base beam l2 of an upright derriek frame 13, which, as shown,is made up 65 of a dpair of upwardly converging bars provide at their connected upper ends with a guide sheave 14. The said base beam 12 rests directly upon the front bolster 5 and at the said rack terminates a`t` it's"'60 its ends is detachably held by the upwardlyV extended end posts 3L of the latter.

To steady the upr'ght derrick frame 13, a reach bar 15 is rigi y secured at ,its front end to the base bar 1;5. thereof and is extended rearward and rested u on the lcentral portion of the rear bolster To prevent raising of the rear endof the saidderri'k reach 15, the rear end thereof is preferably detachably clampedto the rearwardly projecting end of the vehicle reach 7, by means of a suitable link or coupling bracket 1.6.

To cause the rack to more readily discharge its load, when tilted into a dumping position, the sides thereof are preferably made flaring in a direction from the lfront toward the rear end of the rack,.as shown in Fig. 1. That portion of the rack which is forward .of its fulcruin, to-Wit, of the rear bolster 3., is heavier than that portion which is to the rear thereof, and, hence, the said rack will, of course, normally maintain its operative horizontal position whether loaded or empty, and after the load has been dumped, it will by gravity be automatically returned to its normal position.

To raise the front end of the rack, and thereby tilt the said rack into its dumping position, a cable 17 is passed over the sheave le and one end thereof is attached preferably to the central portion of the trans- 10@ verse front bar 1i of saidrack while -the other end of the said cable is passed under a guide sheave 18 mounted in suitable bear- ,ings on the forwardl projecting end of the 6derrick reach 15. l/ hen the lower end of 105 the cable 17 is drawn forward, it ,is evident that ,the forward end of the rack will be raised and the said rack will be forcedinto its dumping position. This forward movenient of the said cable may be produced by various means, but preferably it is accomplished by a novel dumping device arranged nary neel?L yoke is normallyto be operated by power afforded by the horses and the preferred forni oi which is best shown in e, and 6, but also, in part, in Figs. l and 2.

ln applying this improved dumping clevice, the pole S may be of ordinary construction. connected to the front axle of the running gear in the customary 'way The said pole, however, is provided with a sliclable supplemental section l) preferably place/l on top thereof and connected Alor sliding inovements to said main pole S by a pair of metal yolres 2G, one of which is rigidly connectecl to pole 8 and loosely embraces the supplemental pole 19 and the other of which is rigidly ooiinecteil ,to said` supplemental pole 19 anni loosely embraces the said main pole 8. Normally, the snoolemental pole 19 is moved rearward so that it entirely overlies the mein pole 8. The beam 2l of a two horse equalizer is normally pvotally connecterl to the main pole 8 close to the rear enel of the supplemental pole i9 by a pivot bolt 22 which is capable or' being Withdrawn 1Jertioaliy. lso; 'the eqnalizing beam 2l is connected to the rear end of the supple mental pole 19 preferably by e ooupling ring 23 rigidly secured to said beam 2l with its forwardioortion Working loosely in a keeper secured tothe rear end of said supple` mental pole 19. The forwardly extended lower enxlfe'l' the cable 17 is directly secured 'to the ree- Warclly extended portion of this coupling ring The of engagerl to the :trent enel. of `the main pole 8 in the ous- Y tomary Way, but this ring also normally embraces e forwardly projecting arm 27 rigioly seourecl to the front enel of a supplemental pole i9. This arm 27 has a `clownturnefl hooi: 28 at its front end, with which the ring 25.07? the neck yoke 2G will engage when ftl-rav'nv forward, as shown in The operation of the racll; Llumpingmechanism ebo've described is as follows: Normally, the ports stanti in positions shown by toll lines in Figs. l, 2, 3 and Ll, the equalizing beam 2l and the supplemental pole 19 being then locked to the main `pole 8, by the pivot bolt lillaen the loaded rech is driven to the desired point for dumping the load, the Vpivot bolt is withdrawn and the horses are then flriven forward. lWhen the horses are thusrlri'ven. forward, the snpplemeritai 7Gole 19 will be flrawn oriwarclA on the. mein pole 8 approximately to the,

' 'fior/'nin l c jeront end oli t will draw the wagon and rack forwardy thereby discharging the load from the racl; and upon the ground at exactly the point desired. lVhf-inv the supplemental pole is niovefl forward, as above described, the ring 25 of the neck yoke 26, passes o5 from the main pole 8 onto the forwardly projecting arm 27 of the supplemental pole 19 and thus the neck yoke is caused to support the twopart pole while it is extended. After the load has been discharged from the raclr, the

horses are simply backed up until the suppleine-mal )gole 19 is moved to its normal position on the main pole 8, anni the pivot bolt is then replaced, thereby again connecting` the equalizing beam 21 to the said main pole 8 and restoring all the parts to 'their normal positions. f As already inflicated., the rack twill be restored to its normal position by gravity when the cable 17 is given slael: by the rearward movement of the supplemental pole 19 in respect to the main pole 8.

r,The raclr,y tliederriclc mechanism and the so-oalled rock dumping device are so (lesigned that they may be readily applied to any standard Wagon running gear. The clerricl; Iiframe is directly applied on the front.bolsteredE the Penning gear and is `steafliecl by the bolster. `The front bolster oorcls a direct base of reaction for the 'cleiclrrame in 'the rack dumping action and, `when lthe rack is in normal position, it is directly placed, on to the iront bolster by the forward portion oi' the said rac-lr. The cable and its guide sheaves are so disposed that the pull on. elle cable is at all times approximately at a right angle to the base of the raclr. When it is desired to use the running gear for some other purpose, the rack, the derrick frame and the supplemental pole may he very quicklyrand easily de taohed or removed enel Ithey may 'be again easily reapplied. l-"nrthermore, the *supplemental pole may, if desired, at olltimes be left on 'the main pole and the-latter used in Athe ordinary Way or as if said supplemental pole were not emilie-fil.z

Thefact that tbew'vagon may be first driven, Vand stopped at the place Where it is 'desired to (lump theload and then the loacl dumped. precisely at the point desired, is

The entire mechanism, While of simple construction and comparatively small cost, is highly efficient for Vthe purposes had in view.

lil/'hat l claim'is:

v L'The combination `with e Wagon runningA gear and a rackmonntecl for'. dumping `highly important, f

`inmements on the. rear bolster thereof, of a clerriolr' framelocated, in front of said rac-lr' wird its upper portion extending above the normal. 'position the iron-trend said race, and'prov Vith'e oase portion rf^t ing on the front bolster of said running gear and normally pressed against said front bolster by theweight of the front end of said rack, said -basei'havinga rearwardly extended reach and a rack lifting connection between the' front end of said rack andthe upper portion of said derrick frame, substantially' as described.1`-`

2. The combination with a wagon running gear and a rack mounted for dumping 'movements on the rear bolster of said running gear, of a, derrick frame directly and detachably mounted on the front bolster of said running gear and provided with 4'a reach extending' rearward from its base and resting upon said rear bolster, the' front end portion of said rack normally resting upon the base of said derrick frame, and a cable attached to the front, end ortion of said rack and passed over a suitable guide on the upper portion of said derrick frame, for

from the base thereof and A gear, a guide sheave on the upper portion of said derrick frame, a guide sheave on the front-end portion of the reach thereof, and a cable attached to the front-end portion of said rack and passed vover the said two guide sheaves, for imparting dumping movements to said rack.

5. The combination with` a wagon runnin gear having a front bolster provided wit vertical stakes, of a derrick frame havin a base ortion resting 011 said front bo ster and etachably held by said stakes, arack mounted for dumping movements on the rear bolster of said running gear with its forward portion normally resting on the [base of said derrick frame, anda connection between said derrick frame and the front portion of said rack, for tilting the latter into a dumping position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in 'presence o two witnesses. JOHN B. BUSHNELL. Witnesses:

F. D. MERCHANT,

HARRY D. Kimonn. 

